diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d19d483332c6..a80ff4eaf52c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e72714fb20b2bac88e6bc06401a124243791ca08
+refs/heads/master: b7977fa250c1732d1fc1b5832f257655fd7471a4
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
index 8ebfdd620ba4..bd315c77610a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
@@ -1873,8 +1873,7 @@ static int r871x_mp_ioctl_hdl(struct net_device *dev,
 		goto _r871x_mp_ioctl_hdl_exit;
 	}
 _r871x_mp_ioctl_hdl_exit:
-	if (pparmbuf != NULL)
-		kfree(pparmbuf);
+	kfree(pparmbuf);
 	return ret;
 }